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Layton Daniel Smith

In memory of:

Master Corporal Layton Daniel Smith

November 16, 1982
Edmonton, Alberta

Military Service

Age:

29

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

436 Transport Squadron

Additional Information

Born:

June 12, 1953
Sandy Point, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

July 6, 1972
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of Dannie Alfonzo and Majorie Hazel Smith of Sandy Point, Nova Scotia. Husband of Doris Marie (nee Joyal) Smith and father of Dannie Alfonzo Smith of Belleville, Ontario. He completed his education in the province of Nova Scotia in June of 1971, and enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Traffic Technician on 6 July 1972. Layton completed his Traffic Technician Trade Qualification Level Three course on 23 March 1973 and his Trade Qualification Level Five-A Course on 19 April 1977. He graduated as the outstanding student on his Trade Qualification Level Six-A Course on 5 March 1982. M/Cpl Smith qualified as a CC130 Loadmaster on 21 April 1980 and was posted to 436 Transport Squadron, CFB Trenton on 16 May 1980. The M/Cpl D. Layton Smith memorial award is presented to the outstanding student on the Logistics officer Air Movements Course.

Commemorated on Page 174 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

Whites Front of Sidney Cemetery
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Lot 127, Range 34

Location:

Trenton, Ontario

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  • Newspaper clipping– Page from The Maroon Beret Magazine Vol. 7 No. 1 - September 1983 paying tribute to the crew of C130 Hurcules No. 329 of 435 Squadron who were killed while performing a L.A.P.E.S. Exercise on 16 November 1982.

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    Newspaper clipping – Page from The Maroon Beret Magazine Vol. 7 No. 1 - September 1983 paying tribute to the crew of C130 Hurcules No. 329 of 435 Squadron who were killed while performing a L.A.P.E.S. Exercise on 16 November 1982.
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  • Master Corporal Layton Daniel Smith– Master Corporal Layton Daniel Smith

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    Master Corporal Layton Daniel Smith – Master Corporal Layton Daniel Smith
  • Loadmaster Memorial, RCAF Memorial Museum, Trenton, Ontario– Inscription on Monument "In Memory of Loadmasters who sacrificed their lives in service to their country."

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    Loadmaster Memorial, RCAF Memorial Museum, Trenton, Ontario
    Loadmaster Memorial, RCAF Memorial Museum, Trenton, Ontario – Inscription on Monument "In Memory of Loadmasters who sacrificed their lives in service to their country."

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